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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2008
William A. Brown, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard William Muirhead, Tyler, TX (US);
Francis Xavier Reddington, Richmond, VA (US);
William A. Brown, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard William Muirhead, Tyler, TX (US);
Francis Xavier Reddington, Richmond, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for workflow decision management. Embodiments typically include maintaining a device state history; identifying a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history; identifying a derived scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern; and selecting a heuristic in dependence upon the derived scenario. In typical embodiments, the heuristic has a tolerance. Embodiments also include identifying a workflow in dependence upon the selected heuristic and executing the workflow in dependence upon the tolerance.